winter

  Letters from America

Wednesday 19 July 2017

When I take my long walks in the winter evenings I often pass camellia shrubs heavy with flowers.  I brought a few home this last week.

This morning I found two of my recent prizes on the carpet.  They had dropped out of their bases and landed face up.  It’s  the same habit you see  in the garden, a sodden layer of face up camellias surrounding some shrub.  They defy the cut flower industry.  I don’t think I have ever seen a camellia in a florist’s shop.

So this post is just because the camellias are such lovely oriental beauties.  They may be domestic flowers but they  don’t co-operate entirely with the domestic program.

MG xx